Biography

Mathangi Jagdish is a classical vocalist. She sang the song, X Machi in the Southern superhit film, Ghajini. Mathangi, born in Kolkata and raised in Delhi, was pursuing her career in advertising in a leading multinational agency, when she got a chance to sing her debut solo song 'Anju Mani' and her first duet 'Kokkara Kara Giri Giri' in the film 'Choklet'. Over the last 10 years, she has had the privilege of singing for A R Rahman, and Isai Gyani Illayaraja along with his sons – Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja and daughter Bhavadharini. She has also worked with the leading music directors like Harris Jayraj, Vidhyasagar, Bharadwaj, S A Rajkumar, D Imman, Ramesh Vinayakam, Sabesh and Murali, Sirpi, Dheena, Bharini, Joshua Sridhar, and Devi Shri Prasad to name a few. In addition to being a singer, Mathangi has been a judge and anchor on several television shows including Super Singer and Sangeetha Mahayudham. She was recently seen as an anchor on Swarna Sangeetham, a classical music-based show. She has also been a part of first season of Music Mojo on Kappa TV.